If what we heard and saw from them leading up to the election is any indication, the GOP doesn’t have any new ideas. Their platform recycles the same old conservative policy that failed before, and got us into a mess we’ll be trying to get out of for a while.

Late into the Bush administration, it became something of a joke that the president’s answer to everything was "Tax cut!" It was like he had a bad case of "Tax Cut Tourette’s Syndrome." If so, today’s GOP has it just as bad. Tax cuts are their answer to everything, too. And we know how well that worked last time.

Never mind that "You can’t sell people what they don’t want," people actually don’t want what the GOP is selling. And they didn’t punish Democrats for not selling it to them. Republicans are selling what they sold us before. It hasn’t worked. Ever. People want what they were sold, and what they enthusiastically voted for in 2008. They punished the Democrats for falling short on delivery, not by voting for Republicans, but by staying home and not voting at all.

Americans want job creation now, not "cut-taxes-and-hope-for-the-best." They want an economy that works for all, and not just the top 1%. They want to know they will have access to health care if they need it. They want social security in their old age. R

They won’t get any it from Republicans in Congress, and they won’t reward them for not failing to deliver. But Democrats may have an opening if they can convince voters that they got the message, and will fight finish what they started, and deliver what they promised and what Americans voted for in 2008 — and if they can get their base back to the polls.

About Terrance Heath

Terrance Heath is the Online Producer at Campaign for America's Future. He has consulted on blogging and social media consultant for a number of organizations and agencies. He is a prominent activist on LGBT and HIV/AIDS issues.